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your head grows, obviously, until some point. Bones can still change when you are grown up, but the head is more fixed. That means less growth through external influences (physical impact, hormones...) but there's also less bone loss when you are old. The overall size and shape stays more or less the same, but what definitely changes (until you die) is the size of the nose, for example.

---------- Post added 2010-08-30 at 12:01 ----------

Originally Posted by t_schell74

can it change and become more defined as an older adult?

usually your face becomes more defined as you age (fat decreases, bone gets harder), but this can also change into the opposite direction.

Many people's bones aren't even fully hardened until their 30s.

Bottom line:
Skull = static
other head bones (nose, jaw) = not so much

your head grows, obviously, until some point. Bones can still change when you are grown up, but the head is more fixed. That means less growth through external influences (physical impact, hormones...) but there's also less bone loss when you are old. The overall size and shape stays more or less the same, but what definitely changes (until you die) is the size of the nose, for example.

---------- Post added 2010-08-30 at 12:01 ----------

usually your face becomes more defined as you age (fat decreases, bone gets harder), but this can also change into the opposite direction.

Many people's bones aren't even fully hardened until their 30s.

Bottom line:
Skull = static
other head bones (nose, jaw) = not so much

my great grandma's temples were strait and oval faced but as she aged they became more slanted. Can this typically happen?

your head grows, obviously, until some point. Bones can still change when you are grown up, but the head is more fixed. That means less growth through external influences (physical impact, hormones...) but there's also less bone loss when you are old. The overall size and shape stays more or less the same, but what definitely changes (until you die) is the size of the nose, for example.

---------- Post added 2010-08-30 at 12:01 ----------

usually your face becomes more defined as you age (fat decreases, bone gets harder), but this can also change into the opposite direction.

Many people's bones aren't even fully hardened until their 30s.

Bottom line:
Skull = static
other head bones (nose, jaw) = not so much